Come & welcome to Jesus Christ, or, A plain and profitable discourse upon the…

Suppose a Young Man should have his Heart much set upon a Virgin, to have her to Wife: If ever he Fears he shall not Obtain, it is when he begins ⟨p. 205⟩to love; now, thinks he, some body will step in betwixt my Love, and the Object of it; either they will find Fault with my Person, my Estate, my Conditions, or something.

Suppose a Young Man should have his Heart much set upon a Virgin, to have her to Wife: If ever he Fears he shall not Obtain, it is when he begins ⟨p. 205⟩to love; now, thinks he, some body will step in betwixt my Love, and the Object of it; either they will find Fault with my Person, my Estate, my Conditions, or somthing.

Now thoughts begin to work, she doth not like me, or something. And thus it is with the Soul at first Coming to Jesus Christ; thou lovest him, and thy love produceth Jealousy, and that Jealousy, oft-times, beget Fears.

Now thou fearest the Sins of thy Youth, the Sins of thine old Age, the Sins of thy Calling, the Sins of thy Christian Duties, the Sins of thy Heart, or something: thou thinkest something or other will alienate the Heart and Affections of Jesus Christ from thee; thou thinkest he sees something in thee, for the sake of which he will refuse thy Soul.

Now thou fearest the Sins of thy Youth, the Sins of thine old Age, the Sins of thy Calling, the Sins of thy Christian Duties, the Sins of thy Heart, or somthing: thou thinkest somthing or other will alienate the Heart and Affections of Jesus Christ from thee; thou thinkest he sees somthing in thee, for the sake of which he will refuse thy Soul.